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Are U.S. Airlines Effectively Boycotting Israel?

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, defines his campaign against Israel as being won as much through economics and psychological coercion as through victories on the battlefield. And nearly a year into the Jewish state’s war with Hamas, Iran’s military proxy in the Gaza Strip, Khamenei’s strategy appears to be advancing—with an assist…

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Spain hosts European, Muslim nations in talks on push for a Palestinian state

Spain, hosting a high-level meeting on Friday of several Muslim and European countries on ways to end the Gaza war, calls for a clear schedule for the international community to implement a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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WHO chief applauds ‘massive success’ of Gaza’s polio vaccine drive

The World Health Organization chief hails the success of the first phase of a giant polio vaccination campaign in war-ravaged Gaza after more than 560,000 children received a first dose.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Iran boosts ties with criminal networks to attack critics in US, Europe

The Washington Post is reporting that the Iranian government has increased its ties with criminal networks overseas to carry out attacks on its critics in the United States and Europe.

Read more: VOA

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Israel braces for UN showdown as Palestinians seek sanctions

Israel is girding for a high-stakes diplomatic confrontation at the United Nations next week as the Palestinian Authority pushes for sweeping measures against the Jewish state, including calls for an international arms embargo and sanctions.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah launches 20 rockets at Safed

Alarms sounded at about 1 a.m. on Friday in the northern Israeli city of Safed, as the Hezbollah terror group launched some 20 rockets from Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces stated.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF declares victory over Hamas’s Rafah brigade

The Israel Defense Forces has defeated Hamas’s Rafah brigade, the military declared on Thursday after four months of targeted raids in the area of the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city near the border with Egypt.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Soldier killed in ramming attack in West Bank, terrorist apprehended

IDF Sgt. Geri Gideon Hanghal was killed in a ramming attack that occurred near Givat Assaf in the West Bank on Wednesday.

Hanghal, 24, from Nof Hagalil, was a soldier from the 90th Battalion, Kfir Brigade.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Released hostage details how Hamas keeps captives in caged enclosures

In a revealing radio interview on Army Radio Thursday morning, Adina Moshe, freed from Hamas captivity as part of the November hostage deal, shared startling details of her 49-day ordeal. Moses disclosed her encounters with fellow Israeli hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Calderon from Kibbutz Nir Oz, whom she saw confined behind bars within the…

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Israeli commandos surprised strategic Syrian site; took Iranians

A Turkey-based media outlet opposing the Assad regime, reported Wednesday night that Israeli forces conducted a dramatic operation near Masyaf in Syria’s Hama region, several days after initially being reported as an Israeli air strike. The attack allegedly involved ground troops rappelling from aircraft, though no Israeli planes landed. The…

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Gallant reveals document detailing mounting Hamas losses

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday revealed a letter from a senior Hamas commander to the terror group’s leader Yahya Sinwar detailing the massive damage the organization has sustained due to the ongoing war with Israel.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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100 rockets from Lebanon batter north; IDF reservist injured by anti-tank missile

An Israeli reservist soldier was wounded in a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile attack from Lebanon on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.

It came as barrages of around 100 rockets from Lebanon pounded areas in the north of the country.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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US sanctions national Iranian airline for shipping ballistic missiles to Russia

The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Iran’s national airline on Tuesday in response to its role in shipping ballistic missiles to Russia.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF publishes video of tunnel where hostages were executed

The Israel Defense Forces released a video of the tunnel in Rafah in southern Gaza where Hamas executed six hostages late last month, with military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari taking viewers on a brief tour of the inhumane conditions the captives endured.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas makes half billion from ‘humanitarian’ aid, pays its terrorists

Hamas has profited by at least a half billion dollars from humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip, Channel 12 reported on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Special rescue unit soldiers killed in Gaza chopper crash named

The IDF reported on Wednesday that Sergeant Major (res.) Daniel Alloush, 37, from Tel Aviv-Yafo, and Sergeant Major (res.) Tom Ish-Shalom, 38, from Nes Harim, both soldiers from the heliborne combat search and rescue Unit 699, were killed in the overnight helicopter crash near the Philadelphi Corridor in Gaza.

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Global war on terror rages as ISIS, al Qaeda expand 23 years after 9/11

The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. by al Qaeda jihadists changed the future of security for not only Washington, but for nations on every inhabited continent worldwide — sparking the Global War on Terror that continues to this day.

Read more: Fox News

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Iran exploiting Jordanian border ‘blind spot,’ expert says

With an increase in incidents involving the Israeli-Jordanian border, Prof. Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Misgav Institute, spoke with JNS about the source of the escalation and challenges that Jerusalem faces in countering it.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate